Signs of weak imaan:
1) Committing sins and not feeling any guilt
2) Having a hard heart and no desire to read the Quraan
3) Feeling lazy to do good deeds, e.g. being late for salaat
4) Neglecting the Sunnah
5) Having mood swings, for instance being upset about petty things and
being bothered and irritated most of the time.
6) Not feeling anything when hearing verses from the Quraan, for instance
when Allah warns us of punishments and his promise of glad tidings.
7) Finding difficulty in remembring Allah and making zikr.
8) Not feeling bad when things are done against the Shariah.
9) Having a desire for status.
10) Being mean and miserly, i.e. not wanting to part with health.
11) Ordering to do good deeds when we are not practising them ourselves.
12) Feeling pleased when things are not progressing for others.
13) People bothering about whether something is haram or halal only; and
not avoiding makhru (not recommended) things.
14) Making fun of people who do simple good deeds, like cleaning the
mosque.
15) When not feeling concerned about the situation of muslims.
16) Not feeling the responsibility to do something to promote islam.
17) Being unable to deal with calamities, for instance crying and
yelling
in funerals.
18) Liking to argue just for the sake of arguing without any proof.
19) Becoming engrossed and very involved for dunyah, i.e. wordly things,
for instance feeling bad when losing something in terms of material
wealth.
20) Becoming engrossed and obsessive in ourselves
LISTED BELOW ARE WAYS TO INCREASE OUR IMAAN:
1) Recitation and pondering on the meanings of the
Quraan.
Tranquility then descends and our heart becomes
soft. To get optimum
benefit, remind ourselves that Allah is speaking
to us. People are
described in different categories in the Quraan;
Think in whiCH of them do we find ourselves
2)Realise the greatness of Allah. Everything is under
his control. There are signs in everything we see that points us to
his greatness.
Everythings happen according to his permission.
Allah keeps track and
looks after everything, even a black ant on a blact
rock ina dark
moonless
night.
3) To make an effort to gain knowledge, at least the
basic things in daily
life e.g. how to make the wudu properly. To know
the meaning behind
Allah's name and attributes. People who have
taqwah are those who have
knowledge.
4) To attend gatherings where Allah is remembered. In
such gatherings we
are surrounded by angels.
5) We have to increase our good deeds. One good deed
leads to another good
deed. Someone who gives charity, Allah will make
way for him or her to
do good deeds easy for that person. Good deeds
must be done
continuously, not in spurts.
6) We must fear a miserable end of our life; the
rememderance of death is
the destroyer of pleasures
7) To remember the different levels of akhirah, for
instance when we are
put in our graves, when we are jugded, whether we
are in paradise or
hell.
8) Make duah, realise that we need Allah. Be humble.
Not to have much
hope for wordly things in this life
9) Our love for Subhanahu Wa Ta'Allah must be shown
in actons. We must
hope Allah will accept our prayers, and be in
constant fear that we do
wrong. At night before going to sleep, we must
think what good did we do during the day.
10) Realise the effects of sins and disobediance- ones
imaan is increased
with good deeds and our imaan is decreased by bad
deeds. Everything
that happens is because Allah wanted it. When
calamity befalls us-
it is also from Allah. It is a direct result of
our disobediance to
Allah.